Display box



Feb. 5, 1929:

E. E. DARRAGH DISPLAY BOX Filed Nov. 26, 1924 INVENTOR 66 A TTORNEY PetentedlFeb. 5, 1929.

EDWIN E. DARRAGH,

OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

DISPLAY BOX.

ap lication filed November 26,1924.

This invention relates to improvements in display boxes.

Boxes of this type, when opened to display their contents, are usually supported in an inclined position on a socalled easel positioned under the box, and have an advertising or display card secured to the elevated end of the box, which is arranged to be turned upward in an erect position when the box is set up in display position. The present invention aims to simplify the construction of boxes of this general type by providing an article which will be cheap to manufacture and which may be quickly and easily set up from blanks of comparatively simple forrn, and in which the cover is transversely foldable and provided with an extension, shown as terminating in a display card, with means on such extension for securing the box body and cover together, the extension being so arranged with respect to the cover and box body as to permit the cover to be swung over'the end of the box I body to which the extension is attached an d folded into inverted position thereunder to function as an easel, and with a portion of the cover lying between the bottom of the box body and cover portion for firm and accurate positioning of the box parts when in display position. Other features of the invention not s eciti cally referred to above will be hereina ter fully described.

To enable others skilled in the art to understand the invention, a preferred embodiment thereof will now be described in detail in connection with the accompanying drawings, and the features forming the invention then be specifically pointed out in the claims. In the drawings- Figure l is a perspective view of the improved box in display position;

Figure- 2 is a section taken longitudinally.

through the center of the box of Fig. 1;

Figure 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2, but showing the box in closed position;

Figure 4 is aside elevation of the com pleted box in closed position; and

Figures 5 and 6 are plan views on a reduced scale of, respectively, the box body blank and the combined cover portion, ex-. tension and display card blank.

Referring now particularly to the drawings, the box body shown is made from theblank of Fig. 5, the bottom panel 10 having sides 11, preferably formed integrally therewith, and ends 12 formed on the bottom Serial No. 752,294.

panel 10. The sides and ends 11, 12, respectively, are bent on the fold'lines shown, and the end flaps 13, one of which is pro vided at each end of each of the sides 11, are then bent inwardly or toward each other so as to overlap, notches 14: being formed in such flaps which are arranged to cooperate with each other to lock and hold the parts in adjusted position. It will be seen from the foregoing that the end pieces 12 lie on the inside of the box body, and at the base of one there is provided a slit 1, for a purpose hereafter stated.

The cover, and the foldable extension thereof which preferably and as shown terminates in display card 15, is formed from the blank of Fig. 6, a portion of the cover being so formed as to function as an easel, as hereafter explained. This part of the cover is formed from the blank by bending up the side pieces 17 and end flaps 18 there with, then turning. the latter inwardly toward each other, and folding the parts 19, 20 up and over the end flaps 18 so as to completely enclose the same. The lip 21 may then be bent outwardly so as to lie under the tab 2, thus securing the structure in set up condition. The extension of the cover portion of the blank, or that portion lying be tween the displaycard 15 and the cover portion formed as above, is utilized for securing the box body and such cover portion together, so as to provide for the accurate positioning of the parts relatively to each other when the box is placed in display position. Preferably and as shown the attachment of the box members together is effected by providing a cut-out member or tab 3, which is arranged to be inserted in the slit 1 above referred to at the base 12 of the box body, afterthe display card has been inserted between the end piece 12 of the box body and the interlocking flaps 13. The parts will then assume the positions shown in Figs. 1, 2 or 3, accordingly asthe box is opened for display of its contents or closed. The part of the blank intermediate the cover portion 16 and the display card 15, furthermore, is intended to fold or bend at the points indicated by the lines 22, 28, 24, so that when in display position the cover and its extension will assume the position shown in Fig. 2. When the box is closed, however, the cover extension will bend on the line 25, so as to fold around the end of the box and the part between fold lines 24,

25, will then serve as a cover for a portion f the top of the box, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4;. \Vhen the box body is in display position it will, as shown in Fig. 2,.rest on the upturned rear edge of-a portion of the cover,

the latter thus functioning as an easel to support the box body in an inclined position, while slipping of the box body from such position will be prevented by the extension lying between the bottom of the box body and such cover portion and with the elevated end of such inclined portion resting on the upturned edge of the cover portion and the other end thereof resting on the inside of the panel 16. The holding of the display card in erect position when the box is in display position will, furthermore, be assured, if the length of the portion of the extension between the transverse fold lines 22 and 28 is made slightly shorter than the height of the end member 12 of the box body, so that the turning of the cover portion under the box body will put this part of the extension under a tension which will be resisted by the engagement of .the baso of the tab 3 with the shoulder formed by slot 1.

It will be understood that various changes may be made in the construction and arrangement of the parts herein shown and described, while still retaining the invention defined by the claims.

What. is claimed is:

1. A display box, comprising a box body, a transversely foldable cover therefor having an extension carrying a display card, and means on said extension arranged to co-operate with an end wall of the box body for securing the latter to the cover, and hold the display card in an upright position when the box is in display position, said extension being arranged to permit the cover to be swung over said end wall of the box body and into inverted position thereunder to act as an easel and with the cover extension resting on the upturned edge of the cover.

2. A display box, comprising a box body, a transversely foldable cover having an extension terminating in a display card, and a tab on said extension at the base of the display card arranged to co-operate with the box end for securing the latter and the cover together and hold the display card in an upright position when the box is indisplay position. said extension being arranged to permit the cover to be swung over the rear end of the box body and into inverted position thereunder with the cover extension resting on the upturned edge of the cover.

3. A display box, comprising a box body, a transversely foldable cover having an ex. tension formed integrally therewith and terminating in a display card, a tab on said extension at the base of the display card, and a slit at the end wall of the box body arranged to co-operate with said tab for securing the latter and the cover together and hold the display card in an upright position when the box is in display position, said extension being arranged to permit the cover to be swung over the rear end of the box body and into inverted position thereunder .with the, extension resting on the upturned edge of the cover.

4. A display box, comprising a box body, a transversely foldable cover, a cover extension connected to the box body, said extension having a display card at the end portion attached to the rear end of the box and a portion between the cover and attached portion of the extension of such length as to permit the cover to be turned under the rear end of the box body and folded to invert a portion of the cover to support the end of the box, and means formed on said extension arrangcd to co-operate with the box body to hold the display card in an upright position when the box is in display position.

5. A display box, comprising a box body, a transversely foldable cover, an extension attached to the cover and box body, a display card carried by said extension, and a member formed integrally with said display card and coacting with the box body to hold the display card erect when the box is in display position, said extension being arranged to permit the cover to be swung over the rear end of the box body and into inverted position thereunder to act as an easel.

6. A display box, comprising a box body, a transversely foldable cover, an extension attached to the cover and box body, a display card forming an integral continuation of said extension, and a tab carried by said display card and cooperating with the box body to hold the display card erect by an upward thrust thereon when the box is in display position, said extension being arranged to permit. the cover to be swung over the rear end of the box body and into inverted position thereunder to act as an easel. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand.

EDWIN E. DARRAGH. 

